Coupling.



E.E.GOLD.

COUPLING. APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1914.

1,145,363. Patented ul 6,1915.

pnirnn snares PATENT OFFHJE.

EDWARD E. GOLD, or NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGZN'OR T0 GOLD CAR HEATING & LIGHTING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COUPLING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

Application filed April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,369.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD E. GOLD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to. couplings for train-pipe hose, and has for its object to provide improved means for retaining the gaskets or seats of couplers employed for such hose in position.

The invention will be found very useful in connection with oscillating or rocking gaskets such as illustrated in patents No. 4L7 5,7 38, to Balmore and Gold, May 24, 1892, or N 0. 550,267, to Gold, November 26, 1895, although it is not limited to such oscillating gasket and may be fused with a fixed gasket.

The invention consists'in the provision of means wherebv the gasket-retaining spring is positively held in position and enabled at all times to perform its function of retaining the gasket in position notwith-v standing the rough use to which the devices are subjected.

The invention also consists in the method or process by which the gasket is inserted in position.

A desirable embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherei.n

Figure l is a plan view principally in section of a coupler head having an oscillating gasket equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-section of a gasket illustrating a method of assemblingthe parts. Fig. 3 illustrates a plan view of the gasket with the retaining spring'and holder in place. Fig. 4.- is a cross-section ontheline 4 4,,Fig. 3. Fig. 5 illustrates the wire from which the retaining spring supports are cut. Fig. 6. illustrates a modified method of assembling the parts. Fig. 7 illustrates a longitudinal sectionof a couplerhead showing my'invention as applied to a fixed gasket.-

, [My invention isillustrated in connection an extended arm B which is provided withv provided for the purposeof retaining the I gasket in position,which is preferablymade of wire. This spring is freely mounted upon a rod I so as to permit thespring to contract on insertion into the coupler. This rodis diametricallyarranged]with respect to the gasket and its ends are located within recesses 9 g therein. The body of the spring extends withinthebore of thecoupler and is bulged outward so that the .springwill compress oninsertion and that i when inserted these bulged portions will expand into recesses in the coupler and hold the spring and the gasketin position. by contact of the springv forming the front wall of the said recess.

The invention is applicable to use with either the fixed gasket of Fig. 7, wherein the gasket isformedof the usual body G with inner frame F and outer frame F or with the rocking gasket of Fig. 1 wherein an-inner frame F is usually provided. forithebody G of the gasket which has a spherical exterior portion 9 which fits .within, a corresponding recess a at 7 the coupler (Fig.1), and 'providesmeans by which the gasket may Irock or o'scillate so that a tight joint shall beassured', notwithg standing the mating parts of the coupler are not axiallyalined.

I-prefer to vary somewhat the shape of the spring H for the fixed and oscillating gaskets. -For the fixed gasket this spring may have substantiallythe V shape. illustrated in Fig. are provided with outward bends k which pass behind the-shoulder formed by annular groove w in the bore of the/coupler. and hold the gasket firmly in position: i

For the oscillating gasket of.Fig. 1, I prefer a spring having aw shape such as shown in Fig. 1. A spring of this character, is illustrated in my wherein the ends of the spring were bent. and inserted in the gasket body. Difliculty was experienced in the use of this type of ,with the shoulder theendof the bore of 7 wherev its diverging walls Patent, ,No. 550,267,

gasket retainer due to the fact that a blow upon the gasket which is very apt to take place in coupling by hitting the end of the arm against the gasket,will cause the gasket to rock sidewise, or in different direction from the rocking which occurs in use. This will compress the spring against the shoulder of the coupler head and pull the end of the spring out of the hole in the gasket. The end of the spring will then rest against the plane side of the gasket and when next coupled will probably be dislodged permitting the gasket to drop out. Thepresent improvement, therefore, has reference to means whereby the gasket-retaining spring member at all times will be held positively in position, notwithstanding rough or careless handling, and in carrying the same into efiect I mount the ends of the spring upon the support or rod I and I prefer to so mount them that the spring may slide on the rod. The preferred mounting is by having the rod pass through eyes h h formed at each end of the spring H. The rod I is located diametrically of the gasket and its ends are secured as by being received in openings 9 g in the gasket, which openings are oppositely disposed so that the said rod shall extend across the diameter of the core of the gasket. These openings are in line with similar openings in the ring F through which the rod passes. Thereby I provide positive and reliable means for holding the spring H in position, for it will be seen that the eyes h h are situated near the ends of the red I and that a blow upon the gasket will not have the effect of dislodging its supporting rod. In use if the gasket is rocked from any cause the spring will ride on the supporting rod and will not be dislodged, nor will a blow upon the spring or rod be apt to dislodge the same.

The manner of assembling the parts I believe to be novel. The springs H may well be cut from the continuous wire J of Fig. 5. A curved section thereof will be passed through the eyes h- [L1 of the spring and inserted in the opening in the gasket so that its ends register with the openings g g in the gasket as in Fig. 2. The parts may be assembled in a holder or form if desired. Thereupon pressure from a press or a blow from a suitable tool will straighten out the rod and force its ends into the holes in the gasket. If desired, one end of the said rod 1 may be inserted in one of the holes g g as indicated in Fig. 6, so that the opposite end registers with the opposite hole, whereupon the ends of the spring H may be supported upon a block and the rod straightened out with a press or suitable tool, forcing the opposite end into the opposite hole where it will remain and effectually support the spring.

As illustrated in Fig. 4 the ring F is preferably roughened on its interior surface at f to secure a firm adhesion of the body E of the gasket. The body E of the gasket overhangs the said ring slightly at 6, providing a flange or ledge which both increases the seating surface and to an extent protects the adjacent par-ts from injury.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the most advantageous manner of constructing my invention known to me. The same may be modified and equivalent devices employed if desired within the limits of the appended claims. The said gasket and its retaining spring are sold as articles of commerce in assembled form for application to any desired coupler.

A. desirable feature of the gasket-retaining device herein illustrated in connection with the oscillating gasket is in the fact that when it is used it is not necessary that the gasket should be put in so that it shall lie in a certain position, as is the case with the ordinary W-gasket of my patent referred to. In the present improvement the gasket may be inserted in any position with relation to the direction of oscillation of the coupler without liability of its becoming dislodged.

I claim as my invention 1. In a hose coupler having locking devices, and a spherical recess receiving an annular gasket having universal motion, means for retaining said gasket in place, comprising a rod having its ends insewed in said gasket, a separate spring mounted on said rod and having a free end extending in the bore of said coupler and engaging behind a shoulder in said bore.

2. Retaining devices for a hose coupler gasket having a core comprising a rod having 1ts ends anchored in the opposite walls of the gasket and extending across the bore of the coupler, and a spring carried thereby and having a free end adapted to extend in the coupler and to engage behind opposite walls of a shoulder in the bore thereof.

3. Retaining devices for a hose coupler gasket having a core comprising a rod having its ends anchored in the opposite walls of the gasket and extending across the bore of the coupler, and a wire spring having its respective ends bent around said rod and having a free end adapted to extend in the coupler and to engage behind opposite walls of a shoulder in the bore thereof.

4. A. hose coupler gasket consisting of an inner metal ring and a seat of compressible material secured thereto, and means for re taining said gasket in place, comprising a rod extending substantially diametrically from side to side of said gasket and entering said ring of a wire spring having its respective ends bent around said rod and having a free end adapted to extend in the coupler and to engage behind opposite walls of a shoulder in the bore thereof.

the bore of the coupler,

I ing its ends bent around ing its body extend into the bore of the and having outwardly bulged por- 5. A hose coupler gasket consisting of an inner metal ring and a seat of compressible material secured thereto, and means for retaining said gasket in place comprising'a rod extending across said gasket and entering said ring, and a separate wire spring substantially in the shape of a W, having its two ends looped around said rod, and adapted to extend in the coupler and to engage behind opposite walls of a shoulder in the bore thereof.

6. The method of assembling gasket and gasket-retaining devices which consists in providing a gasket with oppositely disposed recesses, in looping a spring over a bent rod and inserting an end of said rod in one of said recesses, and in straightening said rod whereby its opposite end is forced into the other recess and the said spring is securely held.

7. The method of assembling gasket and gasket-retaining devices which consists in providing a gasket with oppositely disposed recesses, in looping a spring over a bent rod and in locating said assembled rod and spring in line with said recesses, and in straightening said rod whereby it is forced into the saidrecesses and the said spring is securely held.

8. In a hose coupler having mating heads and locking devices, gaskets for said heads and means for retaining said gaskets in place comprising a rod having its ends inserted in said gasket and extending across a wire spring havcoupler,

' bore provided said rod and havtions in said body on the insertion of sald spring, and said with enlarged portions into adapted to be compressed which said spring body may expand when a so inserted.

9. A hose coupler gasket and retaining comprising a rod having devices therefor its ends anchored therein, a separate spring having its ends secured to said rod and havmg a body adapted to extend into a coupler A and outward bulges in said body.

10. A hose coupler gasket and retaining devices therefor comprising a rod extending across a bore of the having both its ends bent around said rod; near itsends and having its body adapted to extend into a coupler bore, and having outward bulges in each side of said body adapted to engage into a recess in said bore.

coupler and having its ends anchored thereln, a separate wlre spring, l

11. A gasket, a rod extending .diametri-x cally thereof and having its ends secured to the gasket, and a separate spring mounted on said rod and having its ends adapted to slide freely thereon. a

12. A gasket, a rod extendingdiametrically thereof and having its ends secured thereto, bent around the said rod near the gasket and adapted to slide freely thereon.

In witness whereof, I

. signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, EDWARD GOLD.

Witnesses:

THOMAS F. WALLACE, FRED WHITE.

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